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PERSONAL AND LITERARY. I
"Palmer Noada" is what tho
prima donna will henceforth cn.ll her
self. Two soldiers of the Light Brigade,
made famous by Tonuysou's poem, are
residing in New York.
General Berdan. the Anvrlean ritlo
and torpe4o-makcr, is said by a corre
spondent to be one of tho Czar's "most
intimate friends."
Ex Governor Long, nr cording to
tho Boston I'o.tt, is one of the brightest
after-dinner speakers in tho country,
lie never drinks wine or liquors.
C. M. Lewis, the Valo class poet of
1885. is a brother of J. M. Lewis, the
class poet of 1S8:!, and they are the sons
of C. f. Lewis, the class poet of 185H.
Mis Alcott says "she has fallen in
love with a great many pretty girls in
her life, but neve once tin leat bit
with a man." Just so with us. Chi
cago Mail.
A child was recently born at Moose
Kiver, Me., with but one hand, and
another infant was born at Augusta.
Mo., with six toes on each foot. Boston
Transcript.
General Grant's height, as stated
by Colonel Frederick D. Grant m a let
ter to an inquirer In Scranton, Pa., was
live feet eight inches; chest measure,
about thirty-eight inches.
Sarah Altliea Hill, of San Francisco.
who has achieved notoriety as the plain
tiff in tiio celebrated Sharon divorco
suit, has resolved to adopt tho stage as
a profession. Chi ago Journal.
Mrs. Langtry, not satisfied with tho
natural color of her hair, which was
beautiful, and of which she took in
cessant care, has painted it a kind of
reddish color, wh'ch. it appears, is be
coni'ng tho fashion in Paris, and has
much injured her appearance Ar. Y.
Sun.
Says a Georgia newspaper: We
note with regret tho deatii ot ,1. M.
Bryan, of McVille. Mr. Bryan was a
harmless gentleman of many peculiar
ities, lie has for many years worn his
hair as long as anv lady's anil done it
up in an old-fashioned net. He was
also a somnambulist would walk miles
all through a dense swamp while asleep.
The Into Governor f'oburii. of
Maine, left a fortune of about 2.000,
000. lie was never married. Scores
of girls woe their nets for him, hut he
eluded capture. One day he saw a poor
girl, and slio was so attractive and
asrreeable in her manners tlia: he be
came smitten with her. Subsequently
he made up his mind to marry her after
he found that his all'eet'on was recipro
cated. This so over;oed the poor
girl's family that, they babble I about
tho coming mur'a re with the rich
man. The babbling rcacho his ears
and he was displeased. Ho broke oil
the engagement and never thought
more of woman and her wiles. Boston
Journal.
HUMOROUS.
Talk'ng about dates, one ought to
have them at one's linger ends," sa il
he. "Why?" -aid she "Oh. hoeause
their horn'- is on the palm.-' Evans
villc Argus.
The circus proprietor is obl'ged to
keep his somer.-et performers where
they can always bo seen, for there s a
law against carrying concealed rovolv
urn. iloston 'J'raus ripl.
Profesor: " In ono evening I
counted twenty-seven meteors sitting
on my piazza." Class expresses great
astonishment at the sociable character
of the heavonly bodies. 'Joston Uud'itt.
A little girl of two and a half years
burned her linger for the first tinio the
other day. Situ p aceil her . nger on a
hot potato, and suddenly drew it back,
exclaiming, "Oh. il ;r's a pin in it"
Bo.-lon Courier.
Little Clia ley "Papa, will you
buy me a drum?"" Fond father "All,
but my boy, you will distil -b mo very
much 'if I do." Charley 'O, no, papa;
1 won't drum except when you're
asleep. ' ' Pittsburgh ( 'hronicle.
A H'gh School boy at Lawrence,
Mass., went home delighted with the
idea of the m 1 tary dr h uhout to be in
troduced in the school. " I tell you "
ia d he. piUingly. to his sister, "it
jiays to ho a boy." o den )..
"Johnny, is your sister in?" "I
don't know. Lemmu see what s your
name?" "ilarnes Mr. Barnes." "All
right, Mr. Birnes. You just sit down,
ai.tl I'll ask S,s wh titer bias's homo,
but 1 don't t'link that's the name."
"1 s..'e," sa il Mrs. Do Wige.s to her
husband, " hat tho King ol Bawtrla is
in debt ab.nit 7, 0 ,''0 '.'' "Yes."
"How in t ie wo -Id e in he have got so
deeply in de't.J" "Dunno, unhi s he
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THE YEAR 1087.
Some l'lill iciihlc:tl speculation a to
AMt.it It May Itrlntc lorth.
Another "centtMinial" date, that of
the Federal Constitution. Wo have
been a nation one hundred years. It
is n pretty date to write; after (he still
S the pen tlourihes so oailv down the
i tail of the 7. The years have somehow
run away very fast since 1 S.St), going
down hill to the end of the century. In
fourteen short years more the Drawer
will be trying, in its faithfulness to the
twentieth century, to keep out of its
columns the facetia; of the nineteenth.
The nineteenth century, of which we
are proud now, will be analyzed and
criticised anil condemned as we now
condescend to talk about the eighteenth.
On the day that 100 1 comes in, the
same able writers who the day before,
in the press, used the term "nineteenth
century" as if it were a kind of final
achievement in itself will turn on it in
a patronizing manner. They will speak
about the twentieth century as ifthoy had
made it. anil that it must necessarily
excel all the others. They seem a great
many years, 1837, do they not? They
are really only a little fragment of time,
which has dignity only from the fact
that we are adding to it. It is an old
conceit we have of it. Looked at in
one way, it is a respectable date, but
how long shall wb be able to add to it
and keep it going in the world? There
have been several attempts at a contin
uous date, but they have all broken
down. How long shall we keep up
ours? It is a pity for scientific pur
poses that we could not have had uni
versally, as the Hebrews have, a con
tinuous date. Our breaking time in two
in this way causes immense historical
confusion, leads to an unjust estimate
of the past, and adds to our conceit.
It gives the impression that the his
torical .stream is not continuous; in
deed, we absurdly try to make it run
both ways from what we call the year
1. Hence much of the theological dilli
culty in making people feel that the
New Dispensation is actually a contin
uation of the Old Dispensation. We
begin with our 1 and run it. up forward,
with an increasing sense of power.
And w turn about nd cast it up back
ward for the ancient nations, endeavor
ing to run the civilizations of antiquity
into the ground somewhere. It gives
a false impression if we may say it, a
"petering out" appearance to the old
nations. Take the Egyptians for ex
ample. They seem to lie wasting away
in time toward us, losing year after
year instead of gaining. We know, in
deed, but we have to learn it painfully,
that the Egyptians did not live back
ward in this way. It is. of course, ab
surd to suppose that Menes, when he
name to his throne in Memphis, dated
his order to dig the first canal .500 1 , ac
cording to Mariette.or :l(i2;$ according to
lSiiuseu, or 2700 according to Wilkin
son, or whatever it was, and that every
year thereafter he dropped one year
hooil, HG22, '201)1), and so on. And yet
this is the way it appears to our minds,
with our ueer chronology. Looked at
honestly, it is not much of a date, this
1887. Nor is it new. The I'haraoh
who used it and no one knows what
I'haraoh it was no doubt was consci
ous that it had been used before him,
and he regarded it as merely the begin
ning of the years that Egypt would pile
up in increasing glory. The I'haraoh
who wrote 11887 may have had some
conceit in the figures, but it was a cheap
pride. The vain attempt of the l'han
aohs in this direction ought to make us
modest of our little achievement in the
way of a date. All the people before us
have doubtless Ihittered themselves that
their eras would endure a long as the
world lasts.
We are interested in this year 1SS7,
however as the Court was about to say
when it interrupted itself not because
it is a centennial year, or to speculate
whether it will he a year of war, or
earthquake, or droughts, but to see
whether it is going to be a good year for
"realism" in liction, or whether the
"idealists" will begin to get an inning.
It is such a seesaw world that one call
only keep his head by taking a long
historical perspective, and noting what
tales they are that tho race cares lo
preserve through all tho ages. We
want to stick to facts, but then; are so
many sorts of facts, material and im
material, and human nature is double,
and men are perverse. They are so
unreasonably interested, even in this
scientific age in the "Arabian Nights."
It is absurd that a camel-driver should
rise to marry the daughter of the Grand
Vizier, and become Orand Vizier him
self, and rule over the kingdom. In
order to be true to lifts he should have
continued to be a camel-driver till his
camel died, and every thing went
wrong with him, and he married a
woman who drank, and took to luis
hecsli, and ended as a beggar. It i
much better for us to read about
this sort of camel-driver than tho other.
After all, the philosophers are merely
quarrelling about a definition. It is as
necessary to satisfy in fiction tho higher
aspirations of the mind as its lower
tendencies; "high life" is as real, all
admit, as "low' life." Purity and vir
tuo aro just as "real" as thnir oppositos
(tliongh not so common), ami the
steady contour ' 'tlon of them in liction
is more likely to be ennobling than the
contemplation of tho inferior and the
vulgar. It is not a new notion in the
world, but it is a queer one, that the
base and unpleasant in life aro more
"roal" than tho puroand tho agreeable
Is it more necessary for the good of
mankind that the former should he
paraded rather than tho latter? (live
us "life," by all means, O liotionists of
tho year 1887. Do not oxaggoiato the
had or make the good seem impossible
hut let us hoitr now and thou about
Jo,-opli and Abraham Lincoln and tho
fortunate camul-driver, aud let us asso
ciate oc is'o'i iMv, sinful ns we am,
with soiii ' of the lowly woiiu n who
give to this mortal life most of it grace
and charm. Chnrk.i DudUy Warner,
in llarjter's Magazine.
HE WAS MARRIED. '
Why nn Omiilin Mini sntrrliril tiro
err' Moi-p for S'ooki-il Things.
Customer Have you any corned beef?
Taney Grocer Heat kind, Mr. ;
any thing else?
"Anv canned tongue alreaih b liled?"
."Yes."
"Canned chicken, already cooked?"
Ye."
"Let's see. They don't put up broiled
beefsteaks, do thev?"
"Oh, no." ,
"Nor roast beef?" '
"No."
"By the way, what arc these; look
like fried potatoes."
"That's what thev are Saratoga
chips."
"Well, I'll take a bushel of them.
Hello! What's that?"
"Canned corned beef hash."
"Just the thing, "(limine a lot of it.
Got any baked beans?"
"Yes. Boston baked beans; threo
different brands."
"Let's see what elso there is here.
How are these used?"
"Those aro soup essences, and need
nothing but thinning with hot water."
"Well. I'll try those, and throw in a
lot of other things you think good, no
matter what, only so they're cooked.
I'm tired of starving."
"Is your mother sick, Mr. ?"
"No, .she's well, but I don't live with
hernow, I'm married." Omaha World.
A Disgusted Speculator. "'Cf
He was a man of some means, and
was usually ready for a speculative
venture
"Do you want to buy some real es
tate?" asked a dealer of him the other
day,
"Not much," he said, decisively.
"Why not? There hasn't been a man
in Washington who has invested and
lost anything on it."
"Ain't there? Well, look at ine; I'm
one."
"How?"
"Five years ago I bought a nice lot
ill the cemetery, got married and set
tled down to house-keeping with my
wife and her mother."
He stopped as if enough had been
said.
'Well," inquired the dealer, "what's
that got to do with losing on the invest
ment? You've got the lot, haven't
you?"
"Yes, and that's were the bullet-hole
i. Tho blamed lot has been lying idle
evei's-ince. and the old lady is growing
fatter and sassier every year. No more
real-estate investments for mo at pres
ent, thank you," and he moved on.
Washington Crilir.
The Population of Prussia.
Concerning the large and constant
increase in the population of Germany
in general, and that of Prussia in par
ticular, the Itoyal Statistical Bureau
gives the following figures for 18K.r:
The. total population on December 1,
188A. was JK,:I18, l.r8. The births dur
ing the year numbered l.OJi 1. 100. the
marriages ii:!0.707, and the deaths 71(i,
8.15). The natural increase, therefore,
was :?I7,oI2, and the average nuinliei
of births per 1,000 of population :?7.ti,
of marriages, jfi.-i, and of deaths, 'J.I.K,
Those ligure. high as they are, a com
pared with thoseof England and Wales,
show a surplus for the last-named
country, whose population was '27, 1'JD,
011, with 81)1,270 hi rt lis, 15)7. 7 Jo mar
riages, and .1i'2,7")0 deaths, making the
actual increase per 1,000 in England
(and Wales) 1 :!.., as against only 12.!!
in Prussia. ltris Amcrimn Itcgistcr.
'Where He Was Great.
Miss Dully -I hear that yon are en
gaged to young Solder, the Plumber.
Mis.s Pully It is a fact, Jane.
"It always .-truck me that he was
cold, callous creature."
"Well, Jane. I confess .that he doe?
not do very much cooing, but on billing
he can not be surpassed." I'hiladcljihia
Call.
According to the Belgian savant,
Quetelet, a man attains his maximum
weight about his fortieth year, and be
;nns to lose it toward his sixtieth year.
A woman, however, does not attain her
maximum weight until her fiftieth year.
Tho weight of persons of the .same age
in different classes of society also dif
fers. In the aflliieiit classes tho aver
age maximum weight is 172 pounds,
and it is attained tit fifty years of ago.
In the artisan class it is 1,11 pounds, at
tained at forty. Among farm laborers
it is 171 pounds, attained at sixty. In
the general classes it is 101 pounds, and
reached betweun forty and lifty years
of age.
An absont-minded lad rushed into
a telegraph olllco at Johnstown, Pa., re
cently, and grabbing his hat from his
head as politely as In-, hurry would
permit, laid it on the counter and split
through the door anil out the gate. A
few minutes later ho cisino back, look
ing very crestfallen, laid a telegram on
the counter, picked up hid hat ami hur
ried out boforo any ono could speak to
him. Pittsburgh Post.
A footpad near South Pr-tirio, W.
T., hold up a citizen tho other evening 1
about dusk, but before ho could rule
tho pockets of his victim some men
enmo along. They caught tho robber,
stripped him to tho waist, gavo him a
sound thrashing and advised him to
iemvo, otherwise ho would bo hanged
ou the spot. He took the advice.
THE COST OF GIRLS.
Noit York Soclrty ltopliul nt riftcpn
llumlrril Dollar Alrrr.
"First tell me about clothes. I moan
tliiw dresses that are actually required
by a girl who intends to go everywhere
and hMk smart?"
"Well," said mamma, "I've not been
extravagant with my girls, yet you know
they have all been well dressed. This is
'J io outfit I allow for the first winter,
and 1 find the more attractive it is the
sooner the girls get married. A cloth
costume for the street, tailor madc.with
a toque to match, .$12.). A silk and
woolen dress for church and afternoon
wear, including a jacket, $110. and bon
net. $18. A reception dress of dark vel
vet, trimmed with fur, with hat and
mull', $200. An evening costume of
black silk and jet, with a mantelet and
bonnet to match, $200. A tea gown,
$7.1."
"Good heavens! yon haven't men
tioned ball gowns yet,"
"I'm just going to. A simplo gauze
dinner or ball gown costs $90. A more
elaborate one of satin and tulle, $12o.
And a third for very smart oocasions.
$175. Two or three pairs of walking
shoes at $11, and say four pairs of slip
pers for $7. Then gloves of all lengths,
say costing from $1.2.1 to $.", and a va
riety of handkerchiefs, silk stockings,
fans ribbons, etc., which aro dear to the
girl's heart,"
"But do you moan to say that all these
things are necessary?"
"I should be sorry think that one of
my girls had been without tliein," was
tho proud maternal reply.
"But can't you have these things
made at home by clever maids?"
"No; I've tried that. A clever maid
is very good later in the season to
rafrairhir those gowns, but the mo
ment one of them learns enough to be
valuable she sets up in business for her
self, calls herself .Mine. O'Brien and
charges you Worth prices.
"Can you give me any idea of what a
debutante's tea costs?" 1 ventured to
remark.
"Easily. First, 2.000 cards at $1.,10 a
hundred. Johnson charges $;j a hun
dred to deliver them. Ho charges $2.1
an afternoon for calling carriages and
other son ices at tho door, which sum
also includes the use of an awning and
drugget on the sidewalk. The confec
tioner's bill for cakes, ices and so on is
not much, say $.10, although some peo
ple attempt to serve an elaborate menu."
During all this talk I had been jotting
down items, and now found myself con
fronted with a pretty array of figures,
thus:
Cloth oostumo $ 125
Silk unil wonlrn costume mid honnuts IftS
Velvet reception ilross complete '-I'
Kvt'tiliiR costume SOi)
Ten gown r
A simple Kfiure iltmier dress Ml
A nitfii iiiul tulle hull dress
A still hotter one 1TT
Sealskin siiciiue VPO
(Stoves, stockings, shoes, eto KM
Sortie lie hat Ilia
Ten, every thliiK tnelmleil INI
Grand total Ji.tiiW
"This is what I make it," said I, hand
ing over the slip of paper. "Is that
what it actually costs to bring out a
girl?"
"Bather under than over the rule.
And, mind you, Ibis is only it beginning
the cost of tiio first stop. If your girl
develops a voice, or waut.s to jilay on the
violin, or has sporting tastos, then come
the teachers, tho habits, the covert
coats, ulsters, and I have usually given
my girls sealskin sacques, $200, and a
sortie de but costs $100.
"Well, good-day, Mrs. Bountiful. So'
sorry your daughter is not at home. I
had no idea she was so expensive."
Had you'r'-Ar. V. Mar.
GREEN BUT SMART.
IIor ;i Yankee Mnv Secured u I'oftltlon In n
Neu York Store.
Years ago, into a wholesale grocery
store in this city, walked a tall, muscular-looking
man, evidently a fresh
comer from some backwoods toyn in
Maine or New Hampshire. Accost if;
the first person he met, who happened
to be the merchant himself, ho asked:
"You don't want to hire a man in
your store, do you?"
"Well," said the merchant, "I don't
know. What can you do?"
"Do?" said the man. "I rather guess
I can turn my hantl to almost anything.
What do you want done?"
"Well, if I were to hire a man. it
would be one who could lift well a
strong, wiry follow; one, for instance,
that could shoulder a sack of coll'ee like
that yonder, and carry it across the
store, and never lay it down."
"There now, Cap'n," said tho coun
tryman, "that's just mo, I can lift any
thing 1 can hitch to. You can't suit me
hotter. What will you give a man that
can-suit you?"
"I'll tell you," said tho merchant.
"If you shoulder that sack of cofl'ee,.
and carry it across tho store twice,
and never lay it down, I will hiro you
for a year at a hundred dollars a
month."
"Done!" said the stranger.
And by this time every clerk in the
store had gathered around, and was
waiting to join in tho laugh against the
man, who, walking up to the sack,
throw it across his shoulder with perfect
ease as it was not extremely heavy,
.and, walking with it twice across tht
lloor, wont quietly to a largo Hook
which was fastened to the wall, and
hanging it up, turned to tho merchant
and said:
"There, now! it may hang thero til'
doomsday, I shall novor lay it dowc
Whatshall I go about, mister? Just git a
mo plenty to tlo, aud a hundred dollars a
mouth, and it's all right."
The clerks broke into a lauirhi hut
tho merchant, discomfited yot satis
lied, kept his agreement; ami io-uay me
greon countryman is tho senior partner
in tho firm, and worth a million dollars.
-JJuIIqu' MonUtli.
BOLIVIA'S PRESIDENT.
A Talk With nn Inti lllKcnt South Viiierl
run I rlciiil ol the I lilted Stntc.
General Givgoriu Pai-hei o, the Prei
dent of Bolivia, may truly be called n
public benefactor. Ho maintains tw
public free schools at Sucre at his per
sonal expense He has made gift. t
the University. He has built at an ex
pense of $1 10,000 the lirst insane asy lun
ever established in the country anil
donated it to the State. What are most
wanted in this country are lines of rail
way. 1 had the pleasure of having tw t
interviews with the President. He re
ceived me most ntl'ably. We touched
on the Autofogasta mil way scheme
He expressed himself against that on
account of Chile, and 1 asked why hi
was afraid of Chile. "You have," I
continued powerful means at hand to
protect yourselves, pour own people
I moan the ljuichoas. In the last
war they took no part. They have no
interest because they have no voice in
the Government. Educate your Qui
choas, multiply your public schools,
ami you will build up a fortification un
seen, but of the strongest kind, because
founded on the advanced intelligence
of your people" President Pacheco
coincided with this wav of looking at
the subject, and said: "Any person
or persons coining to us from your
country with, or representing capital,
or with the project to establish colonies
of immigrants, shall receive from Us
not only protection, but land free and
the most liberal concessions. Wo love
the foiled States, and are anxious to
be more closely connected with our
big brother." Then I continued:
"Why not pick out a number of your
most intelligent Quichoas, scud them
to the United States, let them acquire
a practical school education and return
lo form a leaven among their people.
Thus you would in a few years
strengthen yourselves in a marvelous
manner." Wo also spoke about the
silver question. A peculiar idea was
advanced that, the United States.
Mexico and Bolivia, being the throe
countries which produced the bulk of
the sih or. should form a pool, all the
silver to be sent to the United States,
and in order to encourage this that tho
export duly should bo remitted on all
such bullion; that each country ap
point, commissioners to superintend
the handling of the metal; that the
proceeds of the sale bo divided pro rata
according to the amount sent by each
country. The object of this plan would
be the control of the silver market in
America, in place of in London, and to
maintain (lie price so that Europe
would have to come to us to purchase
Itolivia Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
HONEST WRITERS.
The IIIrIi Scone of Honor Cnlllillti il liy the
Modern Neiiiiier Correspondent.
There is much more honor now
among newspaper correspondents than
there has boon in the past, and the
most prominent correspondents of the
country have, weekly, intrusted to
I hem secrets which would have a large
money value as news, hut which they,
in honor, do not sell. They hear daily
expressions of opinions which would
ruin men who utter them if they wore
published, but are given in confidence
and such confidence is seldom violated.
No one understands tho effect of a
statement upon the character of the
man interviewed better than the inter
viewer, ami good correspondents often
w ithhold sentiments expressed for pub
lication out of regard for the future of
the man interviewed. This, however,
is a matter of mere friendship.
If a per on talks for publication, the
correspondent has a right to report him
just as he talks, whether the words he
says bo his political death-warrant or
the inagie sesame which opens the dooi s
of the Presidential mansion. In re
porting a private conversation, how
ever, the correspondent has no right to
use mutter which he does not, know will
be acceptable to the man of whom ho
talks. If the correspondent is a well
known newspaper man tho supposition
is that every coin ersalion he has is in
the line of his business, is intended for
publication, aud the public man should
i vpoot to see such a conversation re
p rteil in print without lie makes a
spt i ial request to the contrary. Frank
Ci. Curicutcr, in A'. V. Journalist.
CHANCES IN LIFE.
All Optimistic View 11T the Opportunities ol
the Hoy of To-ilny,
Tlis is a good age to bo bom in ; the
infant of to-day whoso life is prolonged
to tlie allotted term will see more won
ders than any of his predecessors have
soon, and if the world continues to pro
gress as fast ns it has been progressing
during the past seventy y oars the op
portunities will be before him of a for
tunate career. He will be in a larger
sphere and under greater responsibili
ties, but the more that is required of
him the stronger will bo his power of
achievement. Men always rise to the
occasion. If any work is to be accom
plished, .somebody Is sure to coiuo for
ward and lake it in hand. No matter
how arduous the undertaking, if it is
within the scope of human prowess its
completion will not bo suH'orcil to fall.
It may bo hindered, thwarted, misdi
rected, but in the cud it will be suc
cessful. Rivalry Is the powerful motor
by which great enterprises aro im
polled, ami the zeal with which men are
competing with others for tlie foremost
places in tho domain of industry and of
art inakos tho contest for superiority
intensely exciting. Every body wants
to bo in it; to stay out is to bo lost
sight of, Ami so year by year multi
tudes of now aspirants aro entering tho
lists; the strife for position is increas
ing, and tho results of tho honorable
emulation are exceedingly beneficial.
Shoe and Leather Jlejorter.
TRAINING CHILDREN.
The llest Tliliur lor Mnklnj; llio T.lttla
)nc lluppy und Contented.
The hning instruction of a mother
may seem to have boon thrown away,
but it uill appear after many days.
With children you must mix gentleness
with firmness. "A man who is learn
ing to play on a trumpet and a pettod
child are two ory disagreeable com
panions." If a mother never has head
aches through rebuking her little chil
dren, she hall have plenty of heart
aches when they grow up.
At tho same time a mother should
not hamper her children with unneces
sary, foolish restrictions. It is a great
mistake to fancy that y our boy is made
of glass, and to be always telling him
not lo do this, and not to do that, for
fear of his breaking himself. On tho
principle never to give pain unless it is
to prevent a greater pain, you should,
grant every request which is at all rea
sonable, and lot him see that your de
nial of a thing is for his own good, and
not simply to save trouble; but onco
having duly settled o. thing, hold to it.
Unless a child learns from the lirst that
his mother's yea is yer., and her nay
nay, it will get into the habit of whin
ing and endeavoring to coax her out of
her refusal, anil her authority will soon
be gone.
Happiness is the natural condition of
every normal child, ami if tho small boy
or girl has a peculiar facility for any
one thing, it is for self-entertainment;
with certain granted conditions, of
course. One of these is physical free
dom, and a few rude and simple play
things. Agreeable occupation is as
great a necessity for .children as for
adults, and beyond this almost nothing
can bo contributed to the real happiness
of a child.
"1 try so hard to make my children
happy!" said a mother, with a sigh, ono
day in despair at her efforts. "Stop
trying," exclaimed a practical friend
at her elbow, "and do as a neighbor of
initio does." "And how is that?" sho
asked, dolefully. " Why, she simply
lets her children grow and develop
naturally, only directing their growth
properly. She has always thrown them,
as far as practicable, upon their own,
resources, taught them to wait upon
themselves no matter how many ser
vants she had and to construct their
own playthings. When she returns
homo from an absence they await but
one thing-their mother's kiss. What
ever lias been bought for them is be
stowed when the needed time comes.
Nothing exciting is allowed to them at
night, and they go to bed and to sleep
in a wholesome mental state, that in
sures restful slumber. They are taught
to love nature, and to feel that there is
nothing arrayed so finely as the lily of
the Held, the bees and the butterllics,
that there is nothing so moan as a lie,
nor any thing so miserable as disobedi
ence, that it is . a disgrace to be sick, aud
that good health, good teeth and good
temper come from plain food, plenty of
sloop and being good." In order to
thrive, children require a certain amount
of "lotting alone" Supreme faith in
the mother, few toys, no finery, plain
food, no drugs and early to bed aro thu
best things for making them happy.-r
Quiver.
OLD-TIME HEAD-GEAR.
A CniKiide At,"iilnt IVuilnlno Toilet Va.
triiviiKitnccrt In the Year 1AS1.
The present denunciation of tho
head-gear of women recalls ono of tho
stories of tho Huguenots in 1.181. A
distinguished Huguenot preacher of
Moufuubaii, Michel Berault, denounced
from his pulpit tho fantastic and con
spicuous head-dross of women, which
was made of a frame wire in order to
produce a greater effect. The ladies
would not give up the fashion, and wcro
excluded from the Lord's supper in
consequence In the midst of the
trouble the family of Duplessis Mornay
arrived at Montauban. Mine Monay
was fashionable, pious ami obstinate.
Berault refused to receive her at tho
communion service, and demanded that
she should "remove her hair." Sho
refused. She had worn tho sumo stylo
of heail-ilress for fifteen years, and in
the chief churches of Germany, Eng
land and the Netherlands, and sho
would not change it. 'I'he Biblt! said
nothing against wire, and moreover, it
was dangerous for the pastor to teach
the commandments of men for doc
trines. The minister was also obsti
nate, ami would not have her at tho
communion, so tho lady went to a town
throe miles oil", and kept her Easter
where the Huguenot minister did not
think tho fashion of head-gear was an
essential of religion. In another ease,
M. tie Hagier had a controversy with
the high-born, pious Mino.de La my, on
tho subject of tlio farthingale or hoop
skirt. The lady valiantly defondedher
rights, but was forced at last to yield,
ami the farthingale disappeared for a
time. These anecdotes aro told in
Prof. Baird's "Tho Huguenots and
Henry of Navarre." Boston Post.
A Sensible Suggestion.
London Truth says tho business of
sending Christmas cards has assumed
such proportions ns to become n
nuisance, and asks, "Why doesn't
some onthusiastio newspaper proprietor
start a special column in which people
could wish theit' friends at Christmas
tho compliments of tho season? It
would ho a source of profit to him, a
saving of great expenso to tho adver
tisers, ami a real blessing to their
friends and tho unfortunate postman.
This would ho tho sort of thing:
Mr. aud Mrs. Smith, Mr. Fred Smith,
Mr. Tom Smith, Mr. William Smith,
Miss Smith, Miss Sarah Smith and Miss
Jane Smith wish their friends the com
pliu'ionts of the season. No curds."